The EFL Cup draw throws in three all-Premier League ties

Holders Liverpool face West Ham United in one of three all-Premier League ties after being drawn for the third round of the EFL Cup on Wednesday evening.

The other meetings will be between Everton v Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers, all of whom have beaten lower-league opposition in round two.

Ten Premier League teams advanced to the third round of the competition, with only Ipswich Town failing to reach the next stage.

Take a look at all the third round matches involving Premier League clubs and find out how the teams fared on Tuesday and Wednesday evening.

New format for third round matches

The new format in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and UEFA Europa League (UEL) means a different style to the third round of the EFL Cup.

The matches will take place on September 16 and September 23, the same weeks as the UCL and UEL matches.

To ensure there is no conflict in match dates, a club participating in the Champions League does not draw a club participating in the Europa League, which would enable the round-three matches to be played on an alternate week.

EFL Cup third round ties involving Premier League teams

Liverpool v West Ham
Manchester City At Watford
Arsenal v Bolton
Manchester United v Barnsley
Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa
Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur
Walsall v Leicester City
Brentford v Leyton Orient
Preston North End v Fulham
Everton v Southampton
QPR v Crystal Palace
Brighton
v Wolves
Wimbledon v Newcastle
Chelsea
v Pharaoh

Results Tuesday

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Crawley Town
See: Report and Order of Brighton

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Everton 3-0 Doncaster Rovers
See: Everton’s statement and lineup

Leicester City 4-0 Tranmere Rovers
See: Report and Order of Leicester

Birmingham City 0-2 Fulham
See: Fulham’s report and line-up

Crystal Palace 4-0 Norwich City
See: Report and Order of the Palace

Tuesday night was no slouch as Brighton, Everton, Leicester, Fulham and Crystal Palace all comfortably dispatched lower-league opposition.

It was another impressive win for Brighton under head coach Fabian Herzeler, who made it three wins in as many matches. However, the win came with a bit of disappointment as one of Brighton’s new signings, Matt O’Reilly, was taken off with an injury after six minutes.

Elsewhere, Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the only goal of the round with a superb bicycle kick.


Results on Wednesday

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Burnley
See: Report and Order of Wolves

AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Ipswich Town (Wimbledon won 4-2 in the pen)
See: Report and Order of Ipswich

Cardiff City 3-5 Southampton
See: Report and Order of Southampton

Colchester United 0-1 Brentford
See: Report and Order of Brentford

West Ham United 1-0 AFC Bournemouth
See: West Ham’s statement and line-up | Report and Order of Bournemouth

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Newcastle United (Newcastle won 4-3 in the pen)
See: Report and Order of Nott’m Forest | Newcastle Report and Order

In Wednesday’s games, Newcastle needed penalties to get past Nott’m Forest, with Sean Longstaff scoring the decisive spot-kick to seal their place in the next round.

Longstaff

Joe Willock opened the scoring after 19 seconds, while Sandro Donali was named in the starting line-up following a 10-month ban from football. Newcastle hit back when Forest’s Jota Silva equalized with a superb strike to score his first goal for the club.

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In the other all-Premier League tie, Jarrod Bowen continued his excellent start to the season with an 88th-minute winner against Bournemouth, while Julen Lopetegui secured his first home win as West Ham boss.

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